Book of the week - The Glory of Puttaparthi

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The Glory of Puttaparthi

By V. BaluMotilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi; reprint 1996 (first edition

1980)xii, 379 pages + 14 plates, Append., NotesISBN: 8120808398

 

This introduction to Sai Baba is widely read in India. Of more general interest

are the interviews with some of Baba's students and a chapter on Baba's humour.

(http://rohitk82.tripod.com/books.htm)

 

 

Contents

Preface1. The Quest2. Sri Baba on Youth3. Puttaparthi and Prasanti Nilayam4.

Youth on Sri Baba5. Was He there?6. What is Devotion?7. Sri Baba on Teachers

and Education8. A group Interview9. Sri Baba on the Ramayana10. Service to

mankind the Sai way11. Why Spirituality?12. The role and goal of Religion13.

Art and Spirituality14. Science and Spirituality15. Sri Sathya Sai Baba's

Humour16. Sri Sathya Sai Baba — the Ideal Man17. Sai Baba — the Divine Man18.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Mission19. How Dr. V.K. Gokak came to Sai Baba20.

Experiences of some Devotees

(i) Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai are the same(ii) Why Fear when I am Here?(iii)

"Swami knows everything"(iv) "Swami will catch you"(v) Beyond Reason(vi) The

Cosmic Christ(vii) "Ram!" and "Hare Ram!"(viii) "Don’t think… Just be

aware!"(ix) Who was that old Man?(x) "The day is not far off when everyone will

worship him"

21. Epilogue: Oh Puttaparthi!Appendix: Dr. V.K. Gokak's poem 'Darshan'

 

Preface

 

The glory of Puttaparthi is the glory of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba—the

phenomenon of the twentieth century, the ideal man, the super scientist of the

consciousness, the miraculous man, the avatar (divine in human form) of the

modern age, who though unfathomable, gives immense joy to millions round the

globe. Puttaparthi, a remote village in the Anantapur District of Andhra

Pradesh in S. India, is not only the sacred place of birth of Sai Baba but also

the centre of his spiritual work. It is the Vatican of India, the Mecca of Sai

devotees and the meeting point of the East and the West. Thus the Puttaparthi

connection is not only the connection between Sri Baba and his devotees but

also the only real link between man and man.

 

Although I have lived in Bangalore since 1964 (and in Mysore since 1961) it was

only in 1976 that I first got the Whitefield connection leading to Puttaparthi;

this, in spite of the fact that subconsciously, for several years I had been on

the quest for Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

In this book, I have endeavoured to share with readers my discovery of several

facets of Indian spirituality and religion, as expounded by Sri Baba; the

myriad facets of Sri Baba's personality; Sri Baba's concern for youth; Sri

Baba's views on several subjects and, most important, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai

Baba as the ideal man and the divine man, engaged in the mission of uplifting

humanity.

At a time the world is in sore need of a great moral transformation, it is of

supreme significance that millions of people in India and several parts of the

world are already experiencing a spiritual renaissance, inspired by the life

and message of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

V. Balu

 

 

The book is available at:

 

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi - The Editorhttp://www.mlbd.com/

 

Sri Sathya Sai Book and Information Centre, Toronto, Canada

http://www.saibooks.org/

 

Sai House, Auckland, NZ

http://www.sathyasai.org.nz/booksforsale.htm

 

Nataraj Books, Springfield, VA

http://www.sathyasai.org.nz/booksforsale.htm

 

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